Thu. 5/24/12 11:39pm
Van in DC:
There may be nothing better, not even Mind Train :)

Thu. 5/24/12 11:40pm
Doug Schulkind:
Mind Train!

Fri. 5/25/12 8:42am
annie:
present, sir, on my way to cook a quick omelette and then listening/sewing for the show

Fri. 5/25/12 8:43am
duke:
Good morning Mr. Drummer and Drummeristas

Fri. 5/25/12 8:44am
listener james from westwood:
good drummer-day to you all! will be in and out of here w meetings, bloody meetings, but will keep the stream on in the background to prevent my pulling out feathers in frustration.

Fri. 5/25/12 8:56am
listener james from westwood:
brian, i had to manually pull up a rear window on my car after it went off track. happened during the rainiest week yet this spring. it's now held in place w/ packing tape ahead of a trip to the shop.

Fri. 5/25/12 8:56am
listener james from westwood:
ndbob, smart man: corner table gives you a view of the whole joint.

Fri. 5/25/12 9:00am
listener james from westwood:
doug, hope the mrs. is doing well and healing nicely. been extra-careful around cyclists in town since i got the news.

Fri. 5/25/12 9:03am
GEORGE BRISTOL UK:
Heh, it was my birthday last Saturday 19th May. Does that count, Doug ? I share it with Malcolm X, Kemal Ataturk and Ho Chi Mhin. I'm about to do a 3 hour live late night/early morning radio show; thanks for the mentoring. The Clovers "One Mint Julep" on the hour every hour.

Fri. 5/25/12 9:04am
el sea:
good morning, doug.
comment from listener james refers to a mishap for the mrs? hope all is well...
it's raining in nj.

Fri. 5/25/12 9:04am
seang:
I'm ready for this

Fri. 5/25/12 9:04am
annie:
just in time!! back with breakfast and ready to listen,.. your sweetie was hurt doug? so sorry to hear that

Fri. 5/25/12 9:05am
listener james from westwood:
wish her all the best from the entire phantom empire here on the stream!

Greetings el sea and seang!
(My wife was hit by a car whilst riding her bike on Tuesday.)

Fri. 5/25/12 9:06am
still b/p:
Good morning. Also adding -- as a listener/cyclist -- best wishes for Mrs. Drummer's swift complete recovery...and fishing for an update on the mishap. Other mention this week was early and brief. And you're waiting hand and foot on the patient?

Fri. 5/25/12 9:06am
Paul Sherratt:
In time this week - 3 hours late the last 2 ...

Fri. 5/25/12 9:07am
Brian in UK:
james, once the boys from the mosque have finish their prayers & there is room on the street I will attempt a jump start (on the car that is). Love the magic tape.
The Mayor of London was quoted today that two thirds of cycle fatalities in London were the fault of cyclists. Tosser.

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Fri. 5/25/12 9:10am
Doug Schulkind:
Hello kat330! All is OK here. A hairier scene earlier this week. Jessie called me from the ambulance 10 minutes before I went on air on Tuesday. She said, I'm alright, go to your show....

Fri. 5/25/12 9:31am
kat330:
Like "If I Knew You Were Coming, I'd Have Baked a Cake"?

Fri. 5/25/12 9:31am
listener james from westwood:
cartoons of the wwii era gave me an early boost in appreciating classical music and the great american songbook. gods know what kids today do for same.

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Fri. 5/25/12 10:00am
Doug Schulkind:
@Battery Park Pat
Well you have Paul Sherratt to thank as he turned me on to Ms. Veirs. This record by Laura was first released in the UK, where so many great American artists have to go to be appreciated. (This Mary Gauthier record was released in Germany, fer chrissakes.)

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Fri. 5/25/12 10:01am
Doug Schulkind:
This song is about a woman in Texas that governor George W. Bush put to death.

Fri. 5/25/12 10:01am
duke:
This sounds a John Prine song. Is it?

Fri. 5/25/12 10:02am
Brian in UK:
Oh Mary Go-shay. So true Doug, the list of US artist is as long as your ........

Fri. 5/25/12 10:04am
Michael:
Does it count that I've eaten at the old Dixie Kitchen many times =)
Happy B-day PS!

Fri. 5/25/12 10:05am
ndbob:
Although all Bush could have done was delay the execution.. the power in Texas rests with the parole and pardon board

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Fri. 5/25/12 10:05am
Doug Schulkind:
Have you really, Michael? Sweet!! Mary released an LP called Dixie Kitchen in honor of her little joint.

Fri. 5/25/12 10:06am
Paul Sherratt:
Thanks y'all .. Brian, can you write a script for Reg Varney ? ( catchphrase 'round here for a reason I forget.. duke there's a song on the new Jim White that's so John Prine. The older dog in the room staying cool is Jim.

Hugo, piece of pizza ?

Fri. 5/25/12 10:07am
Michael:
I did Doug. It was right up Mass Ave when I lived in the South End, right near Berklee. It was a joint; fun and good food!

Fri. 5/25/12 10:10am
Paul Sherratt:
Michael, did you ever meet the Michael Mary G wrote a song about ?

Fri. 5/25/12 10:35am
kat330:
With so much expertise in the room, I've a question: We know what Americana is. What would be the British equivalent? Childe Ballads, or Music Hall?

Fri. 5/25/12 10:37am
ndbob:
I do remember reading about that Doug.... and I remember watching him on TV , appearing somber, when denying her request

Fri. 5/25/12 10:38am
trish:
Chips? Crisps? Zimmer?

Fri. 5/25/12 10:39am
trish:
I know, 'colour'!

Fri. 5/25/12 10:40am
trish:
Folk?

Fri. 5/25/12 10:41am
Andy S.:
O.V. Wright! I have a "Live In Japan" LP that is killer ... My friend Bill Bentley actually saw him live in Dallas or Fort Worth in the late Sixties -- O.V. blew his mind!

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Fri. 5/25/12 10:43am
Doug Schulkind:
Hi Andy S! I would give my left, um, tonsil, to have had a chance to see O.V. Wright.

Fri. 5/25/12 10:44am
kat330:
But much of the British Invasion were bands who co-opted American roots music at the get-go. I'm just wondering if any American artists have successfully endeared themselves to the UK by performing UK "roots" music?

Fri. 5/25/12 10:46am
ndbob:
and I would have given by left, uhm, tonsil to see Charles Ives.

Fri. 5/25/12 10:46am
Brian in UK:
Americana is story telling? We over here are facinated with American music whatever it may be. You over there are facinated with folk based styles now enjoying a revival.
It's a define the universe and give two examples question.

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Fri. 5/25/12 10:47am
Doug Schulkind:
COMMENTS NOTE...
I just want to say that I hope everyone feels welcome to join in on the comments here, if you tend to be a reader but are not feeling welcomed. This is a place for all to commune casually and jovially. I take great pleasure at the in-show interactivity here and encourage all to participate.

If you ever do join in and I don't say hi, please don't be offended. Sometimes I miss some comments as they scroll by and I am cueing up records and kicking equipment and such. Please jump in and feel welcome.

Fri. 5/25/12 10:48am
Brian in UK:
Pedant note Violion

Fri. 5/25/12 10:49am
jk:
this Ives is makin my mornin

Fri. 5/25/12 10:50am
kat330:
@Brian: Yes, I see that. But has the UK audience ever embraced an American doing whatever constitutes British roots music as we have Brits adopting American roots? That's the basic question, and figured there might be an example or two this esteemed group would know of.

Fri. 5/25/12 10:51am
Alex in Illinois:
Good morning Chicago Joel. I recall some story a folk musician told that she and a friend were driving through Kentucky, and a trooper pulled them over. When looking at her friend's license card, the trooper said: "Boy? How come your license here says that you live in Chicago, but your plates are Illlinois!?".

Fri. 5/25/12 10:51am
trish:
I still say 'folk'. 'Americana' being American folk.

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Fri. 5/25/12 10:51am
Doug Schulkind:
Your made morning is my made morning, jk. Hey, if you have details about Tuesday, feel free to share them.

Fri. 5/25/12 10:56am
Paul Sherratt:
kat,
I'm reminded that I once played Ivor Cutler to a fascinated Barrence Whitfield and some of his Savages. However I don't think that they changed their style too noticeably afterwards ...

Fri. 5/25/12 10:58am
kat330:
@Brian: Thanks! US with blues and jazz so beloved elsewhere and beloved here when it's brought back to us, wondering if the cross-seeding works in reverse, but couldn't think of anyone. Baez did the Childe ballads, but I don't know if she was especially appreciated in the UK?

Fri. 5/25/12 10:58am
annie:
just came back on to say: hurrah for birthdays; they bring us such great music!! i'd forgotten about "women of the world"... not able to get a lick of work done, darn you!.. (she said happily)

Fri. 5/25/12 10:59am
Paul Sherratt:
Actually Doug I think some of them went on to write music for Sex In The City - so perhaps I was wrong !!

Fri. 5/25/12 11:01am
kat330:
Thanks for the interchange. I think I might research this a bit. I definitely don't believe there's been an American who adopted Music Hall style and made a splash in the UK, for e.g., but maybe I'm wrong.

Fri. 5/25/12 11:12am
jk:
I thought it was Seque as well, I think that song was on their 1982 record "Bolderaajas Stils." not sure of the label.

Fri. 5/25/12 11:13am
kat330:
@Brian: Will do. As an e.g. from another medium: Brits clearly love American culture, and we clearly love the many Brits (and Aussies) who come over here adopting our accent, etc., but do UKans ever (much) appreciate when Americans are cast as Brits? That would be sort of what I'm trying to figure out with your roots music coming back atcha from US. :)

Fri. 5/25/12 11:20am
kat330:
And yes, well everything, all of it, kit and kaboodle, is sourced back to Africa.

Fri. 5/25/12 11:20am
trish:
All the boxing up of genres sounds a lot like, "Sit!" "Stay."

I enjoyed the Music Director I worked wtih who used artist described genres, the best.

Snappy music.

Fri. 5/25/12 11:22am
Alex in Illinois:
I had forgotten how nice a clarinet can sound until I heard that previous cut. I don't know why I keep forgetting. What's this playing now? Kind of spacious, and mysterious. Why does this kind of music sound so much better when I hear it on this show?

Fri. 5/25/12 11:22am
kat330:
@trish: Not boxing anything up here, just trying to understand if the "mirror reflection" of ANY genre of a culture's roots music is bi-directional across the pond. Neko is a Case of good music, Americana or not. :)

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Fri. 5/25/12 11:25am
Doug Schulkind:
I know what you mean, Alex. There are so many great artists that I find sound better on other shows. Especially during Monica's elegant sonic spread on Sunday evenings (wfmu.org...).

Fri. 5/25/12 11:25am
trish:
I disagree. I think the entire process of categorization and classification is a practice of boxing up. Arbitrary packaging if the artist isn't involved.

Fri. 5/25/12 11:28am
Paul Sherratt:
Brian, rhubarb, rhubarb. Once, when on a plane coming in to Atlanta I randomly selected a tape from a bag containing dozens and the first tune was ' Watermelon Time In Georgia ' by that fine Vernon Oxford ..

Fri. 5/25/12 11:29am
kat330:
I still don't think my initial question is being understood. I apologize for being unable to successfully communicate, trish. [But the e.g. of American actors often being ridiculed for doing British accents gets close to it.]

Fri. 5/25/12 11:32am
Alex in Illinois:
I agree the the entire process of of categorization and classification is a practice of boxing up, but sometimes, to a limited extent, a little containment can be beneficial. What I find annoying in the mp3 world is an absurd quantity of micro-genres for different kinds of "techno", on one hand, and on the other, things like Merengue, Klezmer and Zydeco all being classified as "Reggae".

Fri. 5/25/12 11:35am
Van in DC:
This whole set is just the greatest I've ever heard since...since...last set.

Been enjoying immensely quietly.

Fri. 5/25/12 11:36am
Brian in UK:
As Sabah Habas Mustapha wrote on the back of The Jungala Allstars record. If in doubt file under Rock & Pop. Funny man.

Fri. 5/25/12 11:36am
Alex in Illinois:
kat330. I understand your question. Here in the US, I know folk musicians and amateurs who play British folk music and roots music. But, I have never heard of any professional Yankee musicians getting popular with their take on that music on the East side of the Western Ocean.

Fri. 5/25/12 11:37am
Parq in a hotel:
Must hit the road, probably about the time DrumSum wraps. Wish us luck dealing with holiday traffic.

Fri. 5/25/12 11:39am
ndbob:
I understood Kat.. been trying to think of examples.. I'll bet there are, but can't think of any

Fri. 5/25/12 11:40am
listener james from westwood:
Parq, I read that as "dim sum wraps." I hope some sum are in your future!

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Fri. 5/25/12 11:40am
Doug Schulkind:
Can I just say that I am SO LOVING this many-tentacled crazyquilt conversation going on here. I am so happily confused!

Fri. 5/25/12 11:42am
Alex in Illinois:
If it has happened, I don't think anyone here has heard of it. I'll ask my boss the next time I am on the phone with him, since he is from northern England and works out of our London office. It could be that he is not into music enough to know though.

If any listeners here are currently living in the Isles, and they have heard of such a thing, then it would be nice if they can speak up.

Fri. 5/25/12 11:42am
kat330:
@ndbob: I'm now trying to think of other countries where a Yank has adopted the culture and become a hit within that country. I don't think it has happened very often -- certainly never on a scale with the British Invasion.

Fri. 5/25/12 11:43am
Alex in Illinois:
Hey! it just went silent for me. Anyone else?

Fri. 5/25/12 11:43am
Alex in Illinois:
Okay, it's back now.

Fri. 5/25/12 11:44am
kat330:
@Doug: Read it in sequence later on, and I bet it will all make sense. :)

Fri. 5/25/12 11:44am
dc pat:
hey teach, kids..

Fri. 5/25/12 11:44am
holland oats:
any jazz book recs, schulkinder? just finishing 'coltrane: story of a sound', what's next?

Fri. 5/25/12 11:45am
dc pat:
so when someone says "What kind of music do you listen to?" You can say "Cut out."

Fri. 5/25/12 11:46am
duke:
"cheap and available" sounds like a dating strategy as well as a record collecting strategy

Fri. 5/25/12 11:46am
ndbob:
There's a small Somali community here in Jamestown

Fri. 5/25/12 11:54am
kat330:
@Doug: Well, I asked it because I found it interesting. Hearing the Little George, the Howlin' Wolf ref, etc., and wondering if we Yanks can ever impress in the reverse culture-adoption. I think 0 might well be the answer. :)